Rise From the Humble

It rains in Jingnan, it rains in Taizhou, it rains everywhere in Jiangnan.

This continuous rain that stretched over more than half of the south of the Yangtze River lasted for twelve days before it stopped. The dark clouds over the south of the Yangtze River slowly dissipated. The sky gradually showed signs of clearing up, and the hazy sun was looming.

"Oh, the rain has stopped. Where are the floods? Where did the floods go?!" The new magistrate of Taiping County stood in the courtyard of the county government office, stretched out his hands and turned around, looked up at the sun that was trying to hide it but was ashamed, and sneered at the people around him The staff member said.

"What Dong Weng said is absolutely true. It's just light rain for more than ten days, how can it cause floods? That person in the neighboring county is unfounded."

The staff member smiled in agreement, and stepped on Zhu Ping'an from the neighboring county very well.

This staff member was brought by Taiping Magistrate when he took office. In fact, he was commonly known as Shiye. However, there was no such title as Master in the Ming Dynasty, so he was usually called staff member. Although Taiping Magistrate's words were unclear, as his confidants, his staff knew that he was talking about the letter sent by Zhu Ping'an, Magistrate of the neighboring county, to remind him of flood prevention.

"I have long said that Zhu Ping'an cannot live up to his reputation. He does not live up to the 'achievements' he is praised for, but he just happened to be in the right place, and the people were fooled by him. The previous magistrate was incompetent and had too many soldiers. He had plenty of food, but he imitated the treacherous minister Qiu Luan, tried to bribe the Japanese, and diverted trouble to the east. In the end, he shot himself in the foot and was taken advantage of by the Japanese pirates, which only made Shuzi famous. It rains a lot in the south of the Yangtze River, and Shuzi is so ridiculous when he sees so little."

The Taiping magistrate sneered.

"Perhaps the person from the neighboring county did this because he wanted to make more contributions to flood control before leaving office." The staff speculated maliciously.

"Huh? That's right. I have long seen through this man who is just trying to gain fame. How can I not fulfill his wish!"

When the magistrate of Taiping County heard this, he was startled for a moment. After thinking about it on his own, he felt that it was very possible that he had a greater opinion of Zhu Pingan. He suddenly realized that he was extremely wise when he abandoned Zhu Pingan's letter in the trash can.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhu Pingan was about to take up the post of the fifth rank of the Sentencing Envoy, Si Qianshi, who was his quasi-shangguan, Taiping County Magistrate would have even thought of not being rude, and would have written a letter to Zhu Pingan, ridiculing Zhu Pingan. .

At this time, Zhu Ping'an, who was despised and despised by Taiping County Magistrate, was taking Liu Dadao and others to inspect the flood control situation. The continuous rain that lasted for twelve days has stopped, but flood control cannot stop.

When it rained continuously, people were very cooperative and active in flood control. But now that the rain has stopped and they are asked to prevent floods, people are not so motivated, and some discordant words have spread.

Generally speaking, the county magistrate talks about flood control every day, but now the rain has stopped, is it a slap in the face? !

When Zhu Pingan was inspecting and guiding flood control, it was no surprise that he also heard these discordant remarks.

Li Zheng, Li Lao and others at the scene couldn't help but become nervous. They glared hard at the young people in the village, trying to find out who was the troublemaker who was afraid of chaos in the world. Wouldn't this bring trouble to the village?

"Haha, as long as everyone is safe, I even hope to have more slaps like this."

Zhu Ping'an didn't care at all about these discordant remarks. He smiled slightly, looked at everyone, and said mockingly. He waved his hand to stop Liu Dadao, Li Zheng, Li Lao and others from trying to find out the speaker.

Everyone laughed immediately. Li Zheng and Li Lao, who were nervous and uneasy, obviously breathed a sigh of relief. The tense atmosphere immediately disappeared. Zhu Pingan's figure became even more majestic in the eyes of ordinary people.

"We will definitely become prime minister in the future when we become county magistrates." Someone from below whispered to the people next to him and vowed.

"Why?" The person next to me was puzzled.

"Because the prime minister's belly can hold a boat, and our county magistrate's belly can accommodate it, and he will definitely be the prime minister in the future."

The man below said with great conviction.

The man next to him couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, but after smiling, he thought about it carefully and nodded again. How old is the county magistrate now? He is already a fifth-rank official in charge of punishment and inspection. It is very possible that he will join the cabinet and become prime minister in the future.

Zhu Ping'an saw that everyone had relaxed their awareness of flood control because the rain had stopped, so he said to everyone, "You only have one life, and life is more important than Mount Tai. Flood and flood control is a top priority for the lives of the people in the county. I would also like to ask all the people to We must pay more attention to it. The rain has stopped today, but what about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and next year? Flood disasters cannot be predicted, and we can only prepare in advance. Flood control and flood control projects are a century-old plan related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Once flood control and flood prevention are done well, no matter the flood disaster Whenever it happens, we can all be prepared.”

"Don't worry, Mr. Magistrate. This is all for us. We know the importance of it. Now that the rain has stopped, it's time for work. I will urge the young and old to work harder and repair the dam."

Li Lao and Li Zheng said one after another.

Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands to them, and everyone returned the salute, saying loudly that they would work hard to build the dam.

Zhu Pingan patrolled from morning to night, reminding and encouraging everyone wherever he went. Under Zhu Pingan's inspection guidance, the flood control projects in Jingnan County were constructed quickly and well.

No rain overnight.

The next day, the weather was better than yesterday. In the morning, the sun, which had not been seen for more than ten days, rose from the east.

When the magistrate of Taiping County got up in the morning and saw this scene, he even scorned Zhu Pingan from the neighboring county, and even complained about Zhu Pingan with his staff.

On this day, the sky cleared up, sweeping away the haze of more than ten days. The sky was blue, and the long-lost bright sunshine returned to the sky above Jiangnan.

In the second half of the afternoon, when the sun was about to set, thin, white, fish-scale-shaped clouds slowly appeared in the blue sky. Gradually, most of the sky seemed to be covered by such fish-scale clouds.

"Wow, uncle, look, look, the clouds in the sky are so beautiful." Hua'er, Baozi's little maid, noticed the fish-scale clouds in the sky. The girl's heart couldn't help but beat, and she couldn't help but twitch at her desk while writing. Zhu Pingan's sleeves.

After Zhu Ping'an was reminded by Hua'er, he raised his head and looked out the window. He didn't take it seriously at first, but after noticing the fish scale clouds in the sky, he suddenly got up and stood up, put down the brush in his hand, and walked outside. go.

"Uncle, wait for me."

Hua'er, Baozi's little maid, was surprised that her uncle actually liked the clouds in the sky so much that she couldn't help but go out to see them.

However, after going out, Hua'er realized something was wrong. The uncle looked serious, as if he didn't like the clouds in the sky.

"There are fish scale clouds in the sky, and it's raining on the ground. I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily." Zhu Ping'an looked up at the sky, his brows couldn't help but wrinkled, and he said to himself.

This is not a good sign!